Re^3: Supress similar chars in the string

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Is this a case where adding the /o modifier to the s/// operator might be helpful? It's an efficiency measure intended to ensure (or help ensure, I think) the regex is only compiled once.

s/((.)\2{$n})\2*/$1/go;
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Re^4: Supress similar chars in the string by Anonymous Monk on Jan 24, 2011 at 02:38 UTC
Is this a case where adding the /o modifier to the s/// operator might be helpful? No, /o is mostly misused and obsolete , see //o of any help?	[reply]

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